Members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Some members are appearing in person. Let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the attending physician, all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a face mask unless you are speaking. Members not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for these members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as webx as active speaker view. The timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now, but let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this, please Contact Committee st
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
Behalf of the more than 19 Million People in our nation and half a Million People in michigan who show us every day what service and sacrifice and love of country is really all about. These patriots landed on beaches in normandy and their pacific theater, crept through jungles in korea, shed blood in vietnam, survived attacks in iraq, and fought terrorists in afghanistan. These people are heroes. They love our nation so much, theyre willing to put their lives on the line for our democracy, our people, and our way of life. Thats why it is so incredibly shocking and infuriating to hear the president of the United States, the commander in chief of our armed forces, disparage our veterans. President trump called them losers and suckers. Losers and suckers. He said he couldnt understand why anyone would join the military, because whats in it for them . He said veterans who have lost limbs shouldnt be in parades. Why . Because he couldnt handle seeing them, didnt think people would want to s
Objection. The senator from ohio. Mr. Portman thank you. Mr. Portman thank you. Im on the floor today to tug about the coronavirus pandemic and what we can and should do here w in the United States sene and congress as a whole. To actually address the ongoing problem. We are not out of the woods yet. We have a Health Care Crisis and of course an economic crisis as a consequence of that. We have done some good bipartisan work over the past six months. In fact not many people realize the past five or six bills with strong bipartisan majority. What people know about most is that it is when the cares act to gut 97 votes here on the floor of the senate, 970. So we have in the past been able to figure a out a way to come together as republicans and democrats as americans to be able to address this crisis. We need to do it again because we still do have a crisis. We still do have an acceptably high levels of people getting in fact did, hospitalized in being in the icu fatalities in their econ
U. S. House here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At a time when so many are worried about business survival, rent payment and unemployment benefits, impell those in our government that are charged with the general welfare to come together to negotiate solutions benefiting all americans in need. Put forth your spirit of wisdom, patience and goodwill upon all the members of congress during these troubling days for so many of our nations citizens. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last